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23/12/2009

How to …

Filed under: — Chris @ 12:15 pm

This page features a couple of “how to …” articles on using and understanding abc. However, these these articles have now been superseded by video guides.

  1. How to get started with abc notation
  2. How to understand abc (the basics)

Chris

10 Comments

  1. How do I pull up just songs for tin whistles?

    Comment by Howard — 20/06/2016 @ 10:43 pm

  2. I found “judy and jim’s wedding” but don’t understand how to print the sheet music.
    Thanks,
    Sean

    Comment by sean kelly — 01/07/2016 @ 9:07 pm

  3. Hi Howard,
    I don’t think it’s possible to find tunes just for tin whistle and anyway there are thousands and thousands that would work on a whistle. If you wanted tunes in a particular key (e.g. D) and of a particular type (e.g. jigs which are in 6/8) you could search for “K:D M:6/8”.
    Hope this helps,
    Chris

    Comment by Chris — 03/07/2016 @ 10:28 am

  4. Hi sean,
    There are two ways of doing this. Either download the score – right-click on “png” where it says “download abc | midi | png | musicxml” – and download a printable image file. Alternatively, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “printable page” (bottom right) – then you can print the entire page (use Ctrl+P on a PC or cmd+P on a Mac).
    Hope this helps,
    Chris

    Comment by Chris — 03/07/2016 @ 10:47 am

  5. I’m printing out music I’v transposed/re arranged for the Tin Whistle but now the tab won’t print out? Any thoughts?

    Thanks

    Mark and Wendy

    Comment by Mark Conely — 18/09/2017 @ 5:24 pm

  6. What abc software are you using? Chris

    Comment by Chris — 23/09/2017 @ 11:27 am

  7. Magnificent goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff previous to and you’re just too fantastic.

    Comment by Try LordsOfLothar — 30/11/2017 @ 6:46 pm

  8. Hi – sorry for the delay in replying. The main software I use is EasyABC, but see my recent blog post for some more recommendations: abcnotation.com/blog/2017/11/12/6-of-the-best-a-guide-to-abc-software/ Chris

    Comment by Chris — 30/11/2017 @ 7:07 pm

  9. I know EasyABC can suppress the lyrics, but when I load the file in an app on my tablet, the lyrics are back. Is there anyway to permanently strip lyrics from the file without deleting line-by-line?

    Comment by Gary Arrington — 07/01/2018 @ 3:28 pm

  10. Not that I know of. It would be easy to do using command line utilities on a linux machine, something like “grep -v ^W: filename.abc > filename-no-lyrics.abc” but that’s probably lower level than you are looking for. Chris

    Comment by Chris — 15/01/2018 @ 5:14 pm

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